Holophone® Captures Musical Performances At 2010 Bcs National Championship Game

PASADENA, CA, FEBRUARY 17, 2010 — Holophone recently worked the stage
for the musical performances during the 2010 BCS National Championship
football game between the Texas Longhorns and Alabama Crimson Tide,
which took place at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA. Holophone’s H2-PRO
was used to capture a realistic surround sound experience of the night’s
National Anthem and America the Beautiful performances. Broadcast
nationally on ABC, Holophone was also used for performances with Flea,
bassist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers and singer/songwriter Josh Grobin,
as well as for recording back-up tracks in-studio.

“I have
been working with the Tournament of Roses, the folks who produce the
Rose Bowl game for nearly three decades,” says Andrew Waterman senior
engineer/account manager at ATK and senior project manager/on-air mixer
of the BCS Championship game. “Before I had a Holophone, I used to
spend hours setting up, as I was running cable all over the stadium for
several microphones. I would have 10 shotgun mics throughout the
stadium, a couple on the 50 yard line, and then on the 20’s, in the end
zones and really just all over the place. Now, I just figure out where
the best seat in the house is and place one Holophone H2-PRO in that
spot and it does the job.”

One week prior to the event, Waterman
hosted a recording session at West Lake Studios in Hollywood in order to
capture realistic back-up instrumental tracks. The session included
Flea, Grobin, a five-piece horn section and a drummer. Waterman placed
the Holophone around the horn section, which included two trumpets, two
saxophones and a tuba.

When game day arrived, Holophone’s H2-PRO
was set up on-field to capture the night’s performances in surround
sound. Waterman used the horn and drum tracks from Westlake studio
while Flea and Grobin were live. Holophone was also used to capture the
crowd and for the actual on-air mix for Audra McDowell’s rendition of
“America the Beautiful.”

In addition to the live sound capture,
Waterman, along with A-2 Doug Wingert, set up an on-site 5.1 studio at
the stadium. It was extremely helpful to have an on-site location
during the rehearsals, sound check and the event itself, for last minute
sonic adjustments. The space included a Yamaha PM1D mixing console,
Mackie HR-824 studio monitors in 5.1 and an Aphex 1178 mic pre into a
Universal Audio LA3A audio leveler for the vocals. For Flea’s base,
Waterman used a Neve 1073 into a Universal Audio 1176. He also used a
TC Electronic PowerCore 6000 for multi-ban processing across the whole
board.

“Why listen in stereo when you can feel like you’re
there with a 5.1 mix?” continues Waterman. “From an on-air mixer
standpoint, the Holophone is the best because it doesn’t just give you a
recording, it re-creates an experience.”

About HolophoneHolophone
is committed to developing and commercializing products that use
patented 3-D audio technology to bring the physical experience of
“really being there” to a new level for all audio and visual productions
by professionals and hobbyists. Holophone provides customers and
business partners with industry-leading product and service quality.
Holophone is firmly dedicated to providing outstanding value, excellence
in service, and product performance.

Holophone® surround-sound
microphones are patented audio recording devices designed specifically
to address the challenges audio professionals face in capturing,
recording and broadcasting multichannel surround sound. Developed by
Rising Sun Productions in Toronto, Canada, Holophone systems
effortlessly capture discrete signals that are ultra-realistic and
provide the most accurate spatiality, audio imaging, and directionality
of any recording device. Entirely compatible with all audio mixing,
encoding, and playback systems, Holophone also enhances mono and stereo
mixes. Holophone systems provide the perfect front end for all
professional and consumer audio applications including HDTV
broadcasting, standard broadcasting of live sporting and music events,
feature film location recording, and studio recording for music, films,
and worship applications. Holophone surround sound technology has been
used for numerous national and international broadcasts, including the
Grammy Awards and NFL Super Bowl. As a scalable system, Holophone
technology is also available for license to the consumer electronics
industry.###